Funding-US Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program; April 14, 2014

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security

Application Deadline: Monday, March 10, 2014

The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program will hold its third annual Summer Institute on Global Food Security Sunday, June 8 – Saturday, June 21, 2014 on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. This two-week learning program is for graduate students who are interested in developing a holistic understanding of the conceptual challenges around global food security with a focus on cross-disciplinary problem solving of real-world development challenges. Applicants must have completed at least one semester of graduate study and be enrolled in a U.S. institution at the time of application. U.S. citizenship is not required. Information about previous Summer Institutes on Global Food Security is available here.

Applications are available at the program website.

U.S. Borlaug Graduate Research Grant

Application Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2014

The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security graduate research grant supports exceptional graduate students who are interested in developing a component of their graduate research in a developing country setting and in collaboration with a mentor from an International Agricultural Research Center (IARC) or a qualifying National Agricultural Research System (NARS) unit. U.S. citizenship is required, and applicants must be enrolled in an accredited U.S. graduate program at the time of application. A list of previous recipients is here.

Applications are available at the program website.

Questions may be sent to borlaugfellows@purdue.edu.